Baltimore is blowing up. With an art and indie music scene that rivals any other in the nation, it is only a matter of time before the artists who make up the neo-avant-garde collection, who have been putting on shows in abandoned warehouses, alley ways and just about anywhere else with electricity, explode onto the airwaves.

Dan Deacon, the de facto leader of Wham City, a collection of artists, musicians and the kids drawn to them, has been garnering national attention recently, with an appearance on an NBC morning news program in Ohio, and he is also about to embark on a European tour. Deacon originally started out in New York with the band Channel 59, before moving to Purchase College where he played in the improvisational band Rated R.

This is where he completed his graduate studies in electro-acoustic and computer music composition. After graduation is where it got interesting, with Deacon moving to Baltimore and becoming one of the founding members of Wham City.

Originally an old warehouse that was home to improvisational concerts, different theatrical performances and just about all other manners of creative debauchery, not to mention many of the artists, it was closed down by city officials and now Wham City is just a memory for all the crazy kids in Baltimore. Fortunately, this hasn’t stopped Deacon and his gang of misfits from performing just about anywhere they can.